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Yosemite Nature Notes 23 (1944)

Thomas Moran, from “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists” by Elizabeth H. Godfrey. (February-May, July, September, and November 1944, and February, March, and July 1945 issues, YNN). Thomas Moran’s paintings are now locked away in storage at the old Yosemite Museum building

• YNN 23(1) (January 1944)
  • “Fishes of Yosemite National Park,” 23(1) by Willis A. Evans
• YNN 23(2) (February 1944) [PDF]
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Introduction, Thomas A. Ayers” [sic: Thomas A. Ayres], 23(2):21-25 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Book Notes: New Books Available at the Museum,” 23(2):26
  • “Effect of the War and Gas Rationing on Park Travel” [World War II], 23(2):27-28 by M. E. Beatty
  • “Sage Hen—A New Bird Record for the Park” [Centrocercus urophasianus], 23(2):28 by Marshall B. Evans
• YNN 23(3) (March 1944) [PDF]
  • “Ice Cone at base of Upper Yosemite Fall” [with Norman Clyde and Ed Beatty climbing on it], 23(3):cover photo by Bert Harwell
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Thomas Hill,” 23(3):29-31 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “John H. Wegner, New Chief Ranger—Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks” [transferring out of Yosemite], 23(3):32-33 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Yosemite” [poem], 23(3):33 by Bob Poole
  • “A Disturbance in the Night” [mountain lion heard near Naval Convalescent Hospital (former Ahwahnee Hotel)], 23(3):34-35 by John W. Bingaman
  • “Coon Visits South Entrance” [raccoon named “Little Hitler”], 23(3):35-36 by Robert N. McIntyre
• YNN 23(4) (April 1944) [PDF]
  • Grizzly Giant Sequoia tree, 23(4):cover photo
  • “Oscar A. Sedergren, New Chief Ranger of Yosemite National Park,” 23(4):37-38 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Charles Dorman Robinson,” 23(4):38-40 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Notes on Yosemite Birds” [observations], 23(4):40-41 by Jackson Dan Webster
  • “Yosemite Animals: Teamwork by Coyotes” [hunting deer], 23(4):42-43 by William Stevenson
  • “A Frustrated Bobcat” [not capturing a ring-tailed cat trapped in an incinerator], 23(4):43-44 by William Stevenson
  • “Bobcats at Arch Rock,” 23(4):44 by Odin S. Johnson
• YNN 23(5) (May 1944) [PDF]
  • Song birds, 23(4):cover photo
  • “A Short Snow Survey Trip” [to Snow Creek Lodge], 23(5):45-48 by Ralph Anderson, C. Frank Brockman, and M. E. Beatty
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Albert Bierstadt,” 23(5):49-51 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
• YNN 23(6) (June 1944) [PDF]
  • Doe and fawns, 23(6):cover photo by C. A. Harwell
  • “Administrative Officers of Yosemite,” 23(6):53-57 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Associate Park Naturalist Beatty Transferred” [M. E. “Ed” Beatty transferred to Glacier National Park], 23(6):58 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Nature Notes Authors in the Service” [World War II], 23(6):59-60 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “M. V. Walker Assigned to Yosemite” [Myrl V. Walker], 23(6):60
  • “New Exhibit in Museum” [Yosemite historical exhibit], 23(6):60 by C. Frank Brockman
• YNN 23(7) (July 1944) [PDF]
  • “Fairview Dome,” 23(7):cover photo
  • “Stone Polygons in the Yosemite High Country” [geology], 23(7):61-63 by Reid Moran
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Thomas Moran,” 23(7):64-68 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Yosemite Falls” [poem], 23(7):68 by Edward L. Branham
• YNN 23(8) (August 1944) [PDF]
  • “The Granite Stonecrop (Sedum obtusatum Gray),” 23(8):cover photo
  • “The White-Bark Pine” [Pinus albicaulis], 23(8):69-74 by Carl W. Sharsmith
  • “A Bear’s Nap Rudely Interrupted” [bear under toboggan slide], 23(8):74 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Yosemite Succulents” [Echeveria nevadensis and Stonecrop, Sedum sp.], 23(8):75-76 by Reid Moran
• YNN 23(9) (September 1944) [PDF]
  • “The Grizzly Giant,” 23(9):cover photo
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: William Keith” [and references for previous artist sketches], 23(9):77-81 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Grizzly Giant Responds to Protection” [road realignment, fencing, and brush planted to protect Giant Sequoia], 23(9):82-84 by Ralph H. Anderson
• YNN 23(10) (October 1944) [PDF]
  • “Park Museum,” 23(10):cover photo
  • “Autumn in Yosemite” [poem], 23(10):85 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Along the Red Peak Trail” [observations], 23(10):86-90 by Enid Michael
  • “A Feathered St. Patrick” [Blue-fronted Steller jay, Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis, attacks gopher snake], 23(10):91-992 by Ralph Anderson
  • “A Study in Black and White” [a skunk family invades ranger’s tent], 23(10):92 by Paul Easterbrook
• YNN 23(11) (November 1944) [PDF]
  • Sentinel Dome Jeffrey Pine, 23(11):cover photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “Our Thoughts Turn” [speculation on post-World War II impact by former service men and women], 23(11):93 by James R. Sweeney
  • “Thumbnail Sketches of Yosemite Artists: Chris Jorgensen,” 23(11):94-97 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Yosemite Animals: What a Glutton!” [eastern brook trout], 23(11):98 by Clyde E. Quick
  • “Bear Antics” [yellow jackets and bears; apple orchards and bears], 23(11):98-99 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Recent Botanical Collections” [in Yosemite National Park], 23(11):100 by Carl W. Sharsmith
• YNN 23(12) (December 1944) [PDF]
  • cross-country skiers and cabin, 23(12):cover photo
  • “Greetings from Yosemite” [poem], 23(12):101 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Nature Sense in Yosemite” [observations], 23(12):102-104 by Lloyd P. Parratt
  • “Yosemite Animals: Chickaree Blitz” [bombardment with pine cones from a Douglas tree squirrel], 23(12):105-106 by Helen K. Sharsmith
  • “Three is a Crowd” [wildcat, Felis rufa californica,], 23(12):16 by Dorothy Welch
  • “An Adopted Grosbeak” [black-headed grosbeak], 23(12):107-108 by C. Frank Brockman
  • “Yosemite: Type Locality for Amphibians and Reptiles,” 23(12):108 by Myrl V. Walker

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 23 (1944) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1944). 24 cm. Ill. LCCN 54040211. Library of Congress call number QH1.Y6. U. S. Government Document Call Number: I 29.119

Digitized by Dan Anderson, July 2007, from a copy at Young Research Library (UCLA).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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